Early Friday Art Attack.....

Seeing the pit entrance sign brought to mind a couple signs I did for a local business awhile back.
They wanted something a little different but were limited as to the size of their signs.These are 2 4'X4' pieces of 3/4" MDO. As the name was the Pit Stop I wanted to come up with something car related but still able to be seen from the road.
I decided to paint a tire track running across the sign dividing the copy.Well I don't know if anyone has ever tried to paint a tire track and make it look realistic but I can tell you right now,"IT AIN'T EASY!"
After a couple of bungled attempts,I came up with the perfect solution:Utilize you wife's Geo Tracker which has a nice aggressive tread pattern and spray paint the tire tread black,place the sign under the back of the tire and drive over it!On the 4' width of the sign if you spray around the tire as far as you can,it will just traverse the sign perfectly!The pattern isn't perfect but that's what makes it look authentic.
These signs are mounted back to back and stand out quite well even against a somewhat cluttered background.
That's another thing I found out about signs when determining what colors to use;the background has to contrast with the sign not blend into it.

 

Racer5C: bring your wife to the Detroit Autorama.

 

late entry to this weeks show

monkey
monkey-inc

 

Nice stuff!! Here's one I did yesterday, late for the show as usual..

 

Another one...

 

Surf monkey......that is one great lookin pic.

Mike

 

Surf Monkey, ToyGhoul, It's never too late to see bitchen' work. Thanks for sharing.

 

Thanks for the info on what a Holga is guys. Appreicate learning about new stuff. I took alot of photos this weekend at different settings so I can try to evaluate them and determine which ones are better for different situations. (new camera) I have no formal training but I'd like to be able to take the best photos I possibly can with my skills and knowledge.

Here is a photo I took of a panel that Safariknut did. It was a gift from him last month and I have it proudly hanging in my car memorabilia room. I thought I might share it with you guys.

 

What a great panel ya got there, Denise.

What's amazing to me is how clean and fast he does his work, and still maintains a consistent thin line.

Bravo!

 

Hell it feels like friday...
Just a Quick Sketch...


Cheers!

 

Working on background panels for Pinstriping.
This one is Pearlescent Alligator Skin.

 

Way... way late. I shot some pics of the progress Chris50 is making on his sedan. This shot came out pretty cool. (I had to shrink it waaaaay down...it was 2048X1536!)